BANK OF KAOHSIUNG, HEAD OFFICE NO.51,CHUNG HUA 4TH ROAD, KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan


BIC Name / Bank name / Institution Name	BANK OF KAOHSIUNG
Bank Code / Institution Code	BKAO
Country	TAIWAN
Country Code (ISO 3166)	TW
City	KAOHSIUNG
City Code	TK The City Code are Institution Specific, different BIC has allotted different City Code for same city.
Office Type	Primary Office / Head Office / Main Office
Branch Code	XXX
Swift Code / BIC Code	BKAOTWTK
Swift Code / BIC Code 11 Characters	BKAOTWTKXXX Note:If Swift Code is of 8 Characters then suffix XXX for branch code in the Swift Code.
Address	NO.51,CHUNG HUA 4TH ROAD
Zip Code / Postal Code	802
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Whether Financial Institution IBAN Compliant	No, BANK OF KAOHSIUNG is not IBAN Compliant.
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What is a SWIFT Code / BIC code?

Business Identifier Codes (BIC) has been developed by Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to identify banks and financial institutions globally. That is why BIC Codes are also known as SWIFT Codes.SWIFT Codes / BIC Codes are used for transferring money between banks of different countries or SEPA payments. Banks also use these codes for exchanging financial messages.

SWIFT Code / BIC Code is formed of 8 or 11 characters in following system:

First four characters in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code from left depicts bank code. In the case of BANK OF KAOHSIUNG the first four characters from left BKAO indicates that it is BANK OF KAOHSIUNG.
Characters 5-6 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Country code of the bank. In the case of BANK OF KAOHSIUNG characters 5 and 6 from left TW indicates that bank is in TAIWAN. It means that all the banks located in TAIWAN will have TW at 5th and 6th place from left in their Swift Codes / BIC Codes.
Characters 7-8 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts City Code of the Bank. In the case of BANK OF KAOHSIUNG characters 7 and 8 from left TK indicates that bank is in KAOHSIUNG. It means that all the branches of BANK OF KAOHSIUNG located in KAOHSIUNG will have TK at 7th and 8th place from left in their Swift Codes / BIC Codes.
Characters 9-11 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Branch Code of the Bank.In the case of BANK OF KAOHSIUNG the length of SWIFT Code is 8 Characters, means BANK OF KAOHSIUNG Head Office of the Financial Institution.
Many Banks has taken only one SWIFT Code per country or have one SWIFT Code per city, for processing International Payments of all the Branches of the country / city through SWIFT enabled branch. So, if your Bank Branch is not depicting in the list, contact your Bank Branch for the SWIFT Code transactions.